Founding fathers: Methodist racial history recalled on 250th anniversary of Asbury’s US arrival
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, looks to remember the role Francis Asbury played in helping develop Methodism in America – and in the Black Christian experience in Philadelphia…
Essay: How Philadelphia’s Black churches overcame disease, depression and civil strife
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEPHANIE CLINTONIA BODDIE, assistant professor of church and community ministries at the George W Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University, looks at how the example of Philadelphia’s Black churches speaks to current challenges…